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[phat78boy]

Well, its been another predictable 3-4 days and my internet has died again. Download speeds tested below 1MB on a 30MB connection. A reboot gets me back to my normal speeds. As I have said before, I do a lot of torrents, gaming, and downloading. I also have a Windows Home Server that I have ports opened up for remote access.

[Ru-Fi-Oh]

Well, its been another predictable 3-4 days and my internet has died again. Download speeds tested below 1MB on a 30MB connection. A reboot gets me back to my normal speeds. As I have said before, I do a lot of torrents, gaming, and downloading. I also have a Windows Home Server that I have ports opened up for remote access.

Thank you that is what we're looking for is this router being pushed to the limit and see where it starts failing. I've been using it with torrents under heavy load myself but have not seen what you are experiencing. You were part of the A1 group that got approved for a A2 swapped a while back correct? Is this unit an A1 or an A2?

[weijung]

Any of your techs can come to my house to see the problem first hand. And if it is something I've done that has caused the problem I'll eat your shoe and post it on youtube.com that is how confident it isn't me and your cr@p router/firmware coding.

any updates on this?
post the youtube link >_<

[Airhead1127]

Ok the first week of the firmware was ok. But NOW im getting reboots every 10 mins, and its really starting to get annoying 

[Ru-Fi-Oh]

Ok the first week of the firmware was ok. But NOW im getting reboots every 10 mins, and its really starting to get annoying 

What hardware version is your unit?
Who is your ISP?

[phat78boy]

Thank you that is what we're looking for is this router being pushed to the limit and see where it starts failing. I've been using it with torrents under heavy load myself but have not seen what you are experiencing. You were part of the A1 group that got approved for a A2 swapped a while back correct? Is this unit an A1 or an A2?

I was trying to get approved for the A2 swap, but still have an A1 as of now. I run a constant load pretty much all day. Usually, atleast 3 torrents, Directv VOD downloads daily, Windows Home Server traffic, Xbox live traffic, and about 4-5 computers on throught the day. I don't know if its the combination of these items or what brings the router to its knees....but WAN throughput always goes to almost nothing within a few days.

[vagike]

Hey,

I'm new on the forum, and was just trying to catch up this thread, and thought i would add my 2 cents

I bought an A1 in May/June of 2009. Basically, kept up with the firmware release, so i'm at 1.21NA.

Before i would get 2-4 days before i would have to do a hard reboot. I went through and disabled all the 'Log Options' and i jumped up to 10-14 days, maybe longer, before having to do a hard reboot.

I do a far bit of torrenting, with Multicast Enabled. I have a machine that runs 24/7 as a PVR and Torrent Machine. My ISP is 'Shaw Cable.

I just had to do a hard reboot today, and have been running for 1.5 hours, and 15 packets have been dropped on my GB Lan.

2 machines running Vista, a laptop with XP, and an Xbox 360. I use remote desktop to access either vista machine from outside my house from time-to-time, and have a small proxy setup to bypass my employer's firewall/internet filter when i'm at work.

I read mixed emotions about the A1. Though A1 is an approved RMA, is it really required to RMA the unit?
Should i jump to the 1.21 Beta 3?

[ssnui]

WTF! I went to work this morning then tried to access my network at home but it's unavailable. I went home and discover, the genius at DLink automatically download the latest FW and flashed it, and reset all my settings  . Last week I stated in this thread that I will try the released Beta 3 code, not the private one that I got from DLink, but didn't have time to do it. When I discover that the settings are gone since the DSL connection was down; Admin password doesn't work; system name changed; SSID changed, I was pissed!!! WTH. who gave Dlink the right to flash my router. God damn! I wish I can return the router but I can't.

[Reinvented]

WTF! I went to work this morning then tried to access my network at home but it's unavailable. I went home and discover, the genius at DLink automatically download the latest FW and flashed it, and reset all my settings  . Last week I stated in this thread that I will try the released Beta 3 code, not the private one that I got from DLink, but didn't have time to do it. When I discover that the settings are gone since the DSL connection was down; Admin password doesn't work; system name changed; SSID changed, I was pissed!!! WTH. who gave Dlink the right to flash my router. God damn! I wish I can return the router but I can't.

Ummm, they can't remotely flash your router...You are wrong. 

[theonlybabyface]

I have revision A1 and it ran great with the default firmware 1.02.  I took a chance and flashed to the firmware here (1.21NA) and now my wireless has mucho dropped packets (never got any on 1.02) and silently reboots every day or so.  On 1.02, I was up for over a month straight before this "upgrade".

I am quite shocked that D-Link hasn't allowed us to flash back to any firmware we choose actually. If we can't flash back, tell us why not.
 

[Vegatron]

I have had this router for a long time, and much of this time I thought my issues were related to things aside from my router or issues with something I configured. Unfortunately I have realized the flaws of this router and discovered my woes are shared on these forums. How can D-Link not be issuing a recall on these units? I have had no reboots with this new firmware but my performance skips and stutters abysmally, I lose packets left and right.

[Dragonslore]

WTF! I went to work this morning then tried to access my network at home but it's unavailable. I went home and discover, the genius at DLink automatically download the latest FW and flashed it, and reset all my settings  . Last week I stated in this thread that I will try the released Beta 3 code, not the private one that I got from DLink, but didn't have time to do it. When I discover that the settings are gone since the DSL connection was down; Admin password doesn't work; system name changed; SSID changed, I was pissed!!! WTH. who gave Dlink the right to flash my router. God damn! I wish I can return the router but I can't.

If your password was changed and the SSID too, then either your router was HACKED or you got hit with one of the Router Worms that have been going around this past year.

BTW...

If it was a worm that did this, the newest trend is to make your router part of a BotNet without the need of an attached computer. Older worms would change the DNS entries to those of a Rogue DNS server which allows who ever is in control of the server to capture anything you do online including the use of any personal information, credit cards, accounts used, any information you may enter while online. Granted, the newer BotNet Router worm would also change the DNS entries too.

This is why it is extremely import that one secures their routers and/or broadband modems.

In either case, for this to have happened, especially if it was a Worm, you had to have broken the basic rules of creating a strong password.


To avoid weak, easy-to-guess passwords:

• Avoid sequences or repeated characters
        "12345678," "222222," "abcdefg," or adjacent letters on your keyboard do not make secure passwords.
     
• Avoid using only look-alike substitutions of numbers or symbols
        Criminals will not be fooled by common look-alike replacements, such as to replace an 'i' with a '1' or an 'a' with '@' as in "M1cr0$0ft" or "P@ssw0rd".
  
        These substitutions can be effective when combined with other measures, such as length, misspellings, or variations in case.
     
• Avoid your login name
        Don't use any part of your name, birthday, social security number, or similar information for your loved ones.
  
        This type of information is one of the first things criminals will try, and they can find it easily online from social networking sites, online resumes, and other public sources of data.
     
• Avoid dictionary words in any language
        Criminals use sophisticated tools that can rapidly guess passwords that are based on words in multiple dictionaries, including words spelled backwards, common misspellings, profanity, and substitutions.
     
• Avoid using only one password for all your accounts
        If your password is compromised on any one of the computers or online systems that use it, you should consider all of your other information protected by that password compromised as well.
  
        It is critical to use different passwords for different systems.
     
• Be careful with password recovery questions
        Many Web sites offer a "password " service that lets you provide the answer to a secret question. If you forget your password, the service will send it to you if you can remember the answer to your secret question.
  
        The questions are often random, but sometimes the answers to these questions are freely available on the Web. Choose your questions carefully or make up the answers.
     
• Avoid using online storage
        If criminals find your passwords stored online or on a networked computer, they have access to all your information.
  
  

[FurryNutz]

Hello,
Ok been up and running since B3 and seem to be still going. Been playing alots of ODST on XBL and have only seem some minor issues which was releated to my buddies xbox. I did a big download yesterday of 10 100Mb files from the internet over N wireless using the instructions for maximizing that connection.
I notice that my routers status says that its WAN connection has been up and running for 3 days 19 hours. However I presume that when I configured the router to use the Wireless N only and applied the settings it reset the up time status at that point and now shows 3 days 19 hours vs since the 19th?

After setting up the 4500 for N draft only wireless for my Mac Book Pro that supports it.
Here what the wireless status shows:
SSID   MAC Address       IP Address        Mode             Rate (Mbps)   Signal (%)
****   002*                 192.168.1.49   802.11n (5GHz)    27              24

Does this look correct?
Each 100MB file seem to take about 15 minutes to download. I have noticed that sometimes I have had a dead internet connection on the MacBook Pro, however If I switch to my Airport Extreme wireless then back the the 4500 N wireless, it works. This doesn't happen often. Not sure if this is a 4500 issue or Wireless issue. I am running 5Ghz. Should I use 2.4Ghz any? Apple Network Utility reports a link speed of 270 Mbit/s. I Think this is good.

Other then that, haven't had to power cycle the router since applying the B3 FW on the 19th.

[opruitt]

Okay, I have been running beta phase 3 now for 8 days without any slowdown issues.  I am on A1 hardware. Before, on 1.21NA (7/29/2009) I needed to reboot the router at least every 2-3 days, sometimes even more often.  Using 1.20 or 1.15 I needed a reboot at least once a week.  I never have had the total lockups some have had, just slowdowns. 

[WillAnt]

I've been running B3 since 10/13/09 and it has been rock solid ever since.  I do notice "dropped packets" but so far it has yet to hinder my ability to download any files fast.